The presence of the once-powerful Cherokees is still evident
throughout the southeastern United States in names like
Chickamauga, Hiwassee, Chattahoochee, Unicoi, Oconee, and
Tuscaloosa. For those interested in learning more about the rich
heritage of the Cherokees by visiting their historic sites, the
second edition of Vicki Rozema’s Footsteps of the Cherokees: A
Guide to the Eastern Homelands of the Cherokee Nation is an
excellent guide. In the early 1800s, the Cherokee Nation reached
from western North Carolina to middle Tennessee, and south to
northern Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Then, in 1838,
thousands of Cherokees were forced to leave their farmlands, homes,
and sacred sites during that infamous trek to Oklahoma, the
“Trail of Tears.” Rozema traveled over 4,000 miles and spent
four years and close to 2,500 hours visiting, researching, and
photographing the sites of the Cherokee Nation. Footsteps of the
Cherokees is a guide to these scenic, cultural, and historic
locations. The book is divided into two sections. In the overview,
Rozema traces the history of the Cherokees from their prehistoric
ancestors to their interaction and conflict with white explorers
and settlers to stories of the few who remained behind after the
forced march west. This information puts the 190 sites listed in
the book into historical perspective. The second section focuses on
the sites themselves. The sites are divided into nineteen areas
named after central locations. The starting locations include
Chattanooga, Knoxville and Maryville, Atlanta, the Blue Ridge
Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Northeast Georgia,
Northwest Alabama, and South Carolina. The coverage of each site
includes a discussion of the area’s history, background
information, detailed directions, hours of operation, entrance
fees, and important phone numbers. The book includes over 200
black-and-white photographs. Take an afternoon or weekend and
travel back in time to the glory days of the Cherokee Nation.
Whether in your car or favorite armchair, Footsteps of the
Cherokees will take you to the great tribe’s hunting grounds,
battlegrounds, sacred lands, homelands, birthplaces, and burial
sites. Vicki Rozema is the author of Cherokee Voices: Early
Accounts of Cherokee Life in the East and Voices from the Trail of
Tears and Voices from the Trail of Tears. The first edition of
Footsteps of the Cherokees received an Award of Merit from the
Tennessee Historical Commission in 1996. Also an acclaimed
photographer, she is a history professor at the University of
Tennessee.
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